Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification is available for many types of rehabilitation programs, in acute care hospitals, rehabilitation specialty hospitals, long term care facilities or home care settings. Currently-certified programs include:

Stroke rehabilitation

Brain Injury rehabilitation

Cardiac rehabilitation

Orthopedic rehabilitation

Pulmonary rehabilitation

All rehabilitation certifications are reviewed using the general disease-specific care standards. In addition, rehabilitation programs must adopt clinical practice guidelines relevant to the care provided, and collect and analyze four performance measures.